Carter Quinn stepped forward, gritted his teeth, and asked loudly: "Oni, where is Hans? Where are the Hans people with you? Why are you the only one coming out?!"
Andrew and some crew members gathered around and asked about the situation.
Oni's face became paler and paler, he opened his mouth, and after a while he uttered a few words in a weak voice: "Hans is gone..." After saying that, he lowered his head with painful eyes.
"Why is Hans missing? Isn't he with you?"
"what on earth is it?"
"Oni, tell me quickly, where is Hans?"
Like a boiling pot, everyone's words were mixed together, making it very noisy.
Xue Chen walked aside, glanced at the white crewman Oni, who was about to faint, and said: "He must be very tired and about to collapse. Let him rest for a while and ask again. Things have already happened. Don't rush for a few minutes."
time."
"Yes, let Oni rest for a while, help him go outside, give him some water and eat some chocolate, and we'll ask again." Andrew immediately arranged for someone to take Oni outside the cave to bathe in the sun and dispel the cold.
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Everyone also temporarily walked out of the cave and came outside. At this time, half of the sun had set, and only half of it was above the sea. It would be dark soon.
After drinking some water, swallowing two pieces of chocolate, and breathing for a few minutes with his eyes closed, Oni took the initiative to speak and told what happened. The thing was very simple, that is, Hans was missing!
According to Oni's account, he and Hans from the same team went deep into the cave and lowered the rope as they walked. Although it was difficult to walk down there, they both were extra careful and the journey went smoothly. However, when one and a half hours passed,
When they were young, both of them were very tired and cold. Oni proposed to go back, and Hans agreed.
But just as the two were about to walk back, Oni wanted to urinate, and Hans said he heard the sound of water and walked to the side to take a look. Just as Oni was lifting his pants, he suddenly heard a sound coming from nearby.
There was a thud, the sound of a heavy object falling.
"I found that Hans was missing. I called his name loudly, but no one responded. I walked all the nearby roads and searched for nearly an hour, but I still couldn't find Hans. And I was really confused.
I'm tired and cold, and I can't stand it anymore, so I have to come back first." After Oni finished telling the whole story, he lowered his head with a painful look on his face, then raised his head nervously and asked, "Hans should be fine, right?
We will definitely be able to find him, right?"
Carter Quinn's brows knitted into a knot, and he was extremely irritated. The treasure was not found, but a living person was surprisingly lost. Is there anything worse than this?
"God will bless Hans." Amanda comforted softly.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Carter Quinn also felt tired and irritable. After thinking about it, he said: "Well, let's send people down early tomorrow morning to continue searching for Hans... and the treasure."
Tomorrow morning? Xue Chen saw with his own eyes how these crew members came out after staying below for two or three hours. Almost every one of them was about to collapse. If they stayed there for one night, even if they didn't die, half of their lives would be gone. Shouldn't they do it right away?
How can we delay organizing a rescue until tomorrow?
"Mr. Carter, I think we should arrange rescue as soon as possible. A person cannot last long in an underground environment," Xue Chen said.
Carter Quinn was in a irritable mood. When he saw Xue Chen interjecting, he snorted in displeasure: "Am I not in a hurry? But it's getting dark now."
Before Xue Chen could say anything, Andrew coughed: "Uncle Carter, I think what Xue Chen said makes sense. We should organize manpower to search and rescue Hans as soon as possible to prevent Hans from having an accident. And I think, no matter what happens in the cave,
It’s day or night and the impact is not that great.”
When Andrew said this, everyone present immediately woke up. Day and night have no effect on the situation in the cave. It is pitch black anyway. If you don't wear a watch, you can't tell the specific time in the cave.
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It doesn't matter... Carter Quinn was in a bad mood. He didn't think about it when he spoke just now. Now he suddenly realized that the situation in the cave was basically the same no matter it was day or night. There was no need to wait until tomorrow morning.
This made him feel a little embarrassed.
"Well, Andrew, since you said so, okay, I'll do as you said, but I'm really tired. I'll rest for a while and you can arrange the search and rescue." Carter Quinn said in a deep voice.
Andrew did not refuse, and immediately discussed with everyone for a while, and made a rescue plan, preparing to call most of the crew on the Ode, leaving only some necessary personnel on board, so the number of people would be almost twenty.
People around.
The twenty people were still working in pairs, divided into ten groups. Five groups went down at a time to search for the missing Hans in the crypt. Regardless of whether he was found or not, he had to come back in two hours, and then another group continued.
This plan was also recognized by all the crew members. Although they all resisted entering the crypt, for the sake of their good friend Hans who lived together in the wind and waves, they could only grit their teeth and carry it out. None of them wanted to see Hans really
disappeared forever into the crypt.
In order to facilitate rest, tents were set up in front of the cave entrance. When it got dark, fires were lit. At the same time, the first five crew members also went down to the cave to search for Hans.
Before setting off, Andrew emphasized: "Remember, we are looking for Hans now, not the treasure. As long as we find Hans, it is victory!"
Xue Chen watched ten more crew members go down, and sighed in his heart. The last thing he wanted to see happened.
More than two hours later, five teams of ten crew members came out of the cave one after another. Everyone was very tired, but to the disappointment of those waiting outside, Hans was not brought out, and no one found the missing person.
Where has Hans gone?
Immediately afterwards, Andrew immediately arranged for ten other crew members to set off, and repeatedly warned them to pay attention to safety. Now he was really afraid that Hans had not been found, and if another crew member disappeared, things would be even worse.
Throughout the night, no one had much rest. Twenty crew members took turns to rest and set off again, but again and again, there was still no news from Hans.
Listening to the descriptions of the crew members below the cave, Xue Chen also clearly realized how bad the situation below was. The various forked roads were like a maze, the ground was bumpy and slippery, and there were even winding mountain roads. If you didn't pay attention to what you were doing,
If you slip, you may fall and get injured.
Unknowingly, the sky was getting brighter, and the sun slowly rose from the east again, dispelling the coldness of the night.
Outside the cave, around the tents set up, a group of crew members were lying in various directions. All of them had fallen into a deep sleep, snoring one after another. They were obviously exhausted to the extreme.
Xue Chen and Andrew stood together, watching all this, with serious expressions, because one night passed, the crew went deep into the cave two or three times, but still could not find Hans, as if Hans had evaporated in the cave.
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"Oh, when I proposed to let the crew go to the crypt, I should have carefully considered and stopped it." Andrew sighed deeply, his bloodshot eyes filled with annoyance.
"You don't have to blame yourself, this is not your fault, this is not your decision." Xue Chen comforted her, feeling very heavy in her heart.
On the entire Ode salvage ship, Hans impressed him the most among all the crew members. When he first boarded the ship, Hans, who looked like a gorilla, was very unconvinced by him and wanted to fight with him.
Later, when he met pirates, Hans was the first to fight back with a gun, so he was injured. At that time, he felt that this big guy was quite good, at least very brave.
And this time when he boarded the ship and had a conflict with Carter Quinn in the restaurant, Hans was the first to raise his hand to support him, showing his great trust in him and leaving a deep memory in his memory.
So thinking about Hans missing in the underground cave, he felt very sad and worried.
"Also, you were right to bring drinking water and food. I should have thought more carefully. Even if someone is really lost, they can still hold on for a while. But now Hans has no drinking water.
There is food, and the temperature in the crypt is so low, I'm really worried that he won't survive the rescue." Andrew closed his eyes in discomfort and clenched his fists.
Some of the crew members who had regained some of their energy slowly woke up, sitting on the ground with heavy expressions. Carter Quinn also came out of a tent, his face also not pretty.
Just as Andrew was once again preparing to organize the crew to continue searching for Hans, Jesta and his party arrived here.
Andrew did not hide what happened, told Jesta frankly, and asked the members of the exploration team headed by Cohen to help find the missing crew members while searching for pirate treasures.
"Mr. Jesta, Mr. Cohen, if you can help us find the missing crew member, I am willing to pay 300,000 US dollars." Andrew knew that the other party would not help for free, so he directly gave a number.
Three hundred thousand U.S. dollars? When several members of the exploration team heard this, they thought this figure was still very attractive. If the blind cat meets the rat, they would get three hundred thousand U.S. dollars. There is no reason to refuse, and there would be no delay anyway.
Search for pirate treasure.
After some preparations, a group of crew members and the exploration team disappeared into the darkness of the cave together. Everyone's hearts tightened. If they couldn't find him again today, they were afraid that Hans would be in danger.
"We should be able to find Hans today, God bless." Amanda whispered very worriedly.
All the crew members also silently prayed for their companions in their hearts.
However, some things cannot be helped by prayer. When it got dark again, the exploration team from the UK did not find the pirate treasure, and the crew did not find the missing Hans after all! (To be continued)